Blue Dream Round 2

Prilyfe13 01/10/2026 I've added her to the tent today. Looking great! She's about 2" tall and is slightly praying. I expect great things from this little lady. Her roots are beautifully white. She has a couple poking out there and then there's the tap root. A little longer than I normally do it, but it should be fine. I have the light 24" away from the top and 20% out of 300 watts. The DLI is around 16. Just enough to help this little lady grow strong and fast. I've also added the nutrients in a small dose. The whole line of Advanced Nutrients. No issues that I can see. Looking good. The water looks good too. pH: 5.9 EC: 892 TDS: 446 ppm Temp: 67° 01/11/2026 First thing this morning I check and this little lady looks great! She's not stretching like I was afraid she would. So that's great! But she's not stretching at all, so not so great. However, once those roots hit the water, they'll be big enough to bring nutrients up and will then start the process of growing super fast. There really isn't anything to report at this stage. Just have to wait and see. I'm assuming the pH is off again, but I'll check that later today. I'm still waking up. Lol. I was wrong. My light was supposed to be at 10% power, not 20%. I realized that this morning. So it wasn't too bad. But I did notice a little leaf curl. Nothing big and definitely not enough time to stunt her. I have the light down to 10% and a DLI of 16 mol. Next is the water readings. pH: 6.5 EC: 935 TDS: 470 ppm Temp: 73° So I am theorizing that the higher readings, including the pH, are due to the higher temp. More salts dissolving. I added a couple frozen water bottles to cool it down. I'll probably need a couple more in an hour or 2. Man, I need a water cooler. I feel like the temp being too high is causing the pH to spike. That in turn causes the EC and the TDS to increase as well. I'm going to need to figure this out. pHing alone isn't going to fix it. Just frozen water bottles. The cause is the heater blowing around heat CONSTANTLY. it won't turn off. And I don't know what to do. The AI isn't really being cooperative. But I think it's because of the way I have the light set up. It's higher up keeping the temp down. But all the temp goes through it because it's a bar light. So nothing gets trapped and it's so low to the ground that all the heat goes right up into the top cavity of the tent. And the heater can't keep up with it I guess. Anyway, it's a pain and I don't know why it's suddenly happening. It hasn't been a problem since I got it, but now it is. No clue why. I'll figure it out. 01/12/2026 Not a lot going on today. She grew a little bit. The water is still getting warm and I'm using frozen water bottles to keep it cool. I didn't check the pH yet. I'm kinda being lazy today. I'll check it soon though. Can't be lazy all day. 01/13/2026 Not much going on today. I swapped out the ice bottles for fresh ones. The temp was up to around 74°. I forgot to check the temp before I added the new ice bottles. So my guess is 74°. But it's down to 67° now. No roots coming through the basket yet, but that'll take a few days I think. So I don't really expect much to happen in the next few days. Not until those roots hit the water. Then it should take off. At least that's the theory. One thing I'd like to note is the size. I know she didn't stretch in the Germination System because the light was already where it should have been in the first place. She also has some lettuce leaves. Not a big deal. I expect it was from the day of too much light. However, she is growing her first node nicely. The finger leaves are looking good. And that's what matters most. And the color, which is a beautiful green. Very healthy. Honestly, I would expect her to be a little taller by now, but that's ok. As healthy as she is, she won't disappoint. As long as I keep the lighting in check. Oh and the pH. And the nutrients. Let's see what else did I screw up on last run? 🤔 Water temp. Ok, so it would seem I screwed just about everything up last run. Hahahaha. Oh well. I still got some really good bud. Not the best, but with all the problems, I can't ask for better. I've learned from all my mistakes and hopefully I won't repeat them. Kinda like not having the light at the right intensity. Oops. But that's ok. It's all good now. In my defense, for some reason the light power level was at 2 when I started the system. So I thought that was what I set. It was not. Anyway, she looks good. The environment, on the other hand, is a nightmare. The heater won't turn off. The humidifier won't turn off. That thing throws out a lot of dust because I don't have distilled water to load it up with. In turn that dust is clogging up my Air Filter. I don't want to take it off, because then the dust will get stuck in the fan. And will get blown all over the apartment. Not really sure what to do. I could pull it out, try to get the dust out and then use a pre-filter. I have a bunch, so I could swap them out when need be. It's such a pain though. Because the filter it's hung as high as it can go in the very back of the tent. 01/14/2026 Nothing to report today. I had to add some ice bottles, but that's it. The pH was perfect. Lol. She's looking really good now however, I would have thought she'd be stretching a bit. The light is on point and the environment while a bit messy is in range. One thing that just happened is my heater just shut itself off. Probably because it overheated. Because it hasn't stopped running in days. And I have no idea why. 01/15/2026 Not bad today. I feel like she's kinda slow going at this point. I'm probably just being impatient, but this just seems... Slow. No clue why though. The light is fine, I don't see any signs of nutrient issues. PH is still in range. Maybe a little high at 6.35, but still in range. Her leaves are beautiful. First fan leaves are starting to spread their fingers. Still seems slow. I'm going to look this up in my previous runs. I want to see what they looked like in the second week. Other than that, the heater still won't turn off. It just runs and runs. As I said, last run was very different. The heater barely ran. And really only did during the day when it was chilly. It didn't need to run. It was very stable. Same thing with the humidifier. It only ran as needed. Even in the beginning, it was stable. Now, not so much. The humidity plummets the second the humidifier turns off and as I've been saying, the heater does the same thing. It can't turn off. I don't understand. 01/16/2026 Got some major problems today. The heater has been overheating all day long and the temp won't go over 70°. If I turn the humidifier off, the humidity plummets and only brings the heat up to 72°. It's SUPER dry right now and I have heat on in the grow space, but that's not working either. If I open the tent, the temp goes up but the humidity drops. Then when I close the tent, the humidity plummets the temp and the heater won't stay on long enough to heat up the space. I think I need to turn the heater off for an hour or so, but the temp will stay super low. What to do? So I was thinking the probe is messed up. I have the heater off in the tent, the light on level 1, the humidity set to 61% and the temp set to 75°. It's 67° in the tentand 63% humidity. Something is wrong. The outside temp is 71° I don't understand. Is the light not being warm enough causing the issue? There's a few options to choose from. Bad probe, light too dim, humidity won't turn off. On a good note, I'm increasing the light intensity tomorrow to 21 mol. Level 2 on the light. Maybe that'll help with the heat. Who knows. I had to remove the air filter today. The dust from the constantly running humidifier clogged it up. So now I'm trying to figure out how to unclog it. I might have to change out the charcoal. I don't want to. It still has time left. At least I thought I did.

Prilyfe13 01/17/2026 No changes to nutrients today. However, from last week to this week, the EC and TDS have increased. I'm guessing the nutrients from the hydroton are leeching in to the bucket. Probably a good thing. That way I don't need to make any adjustments right now. No roots today. Oh well. Not too sure how she's doing. She has the right amount of nodes, but she isn't really growing. Still 2" tall. I know she's still working those roots, but still I should at least see a root. Just 1. But I see nothing. I increased the light intensity to level 2. See readings below. So far she seems to be happy with it. It's been a couple hours and I'm not seeing any signs of stress. Still very green and pretty sturdy. If I'm guessing right, I don't think this little lady is going to get very big. I can just tell. But we'll have to see now. I hope I'm wrong. This is one of my absolute favorites and my first time growing it. I'd love to see a nice plant with long colas thick with trichomes. But we'll see. Weekly Readings: Water Readings: pH: 6.3 EC: 1012 TDS: 500 Temp: 70° Lighting: DLI: 21.6 PPFD: 318 Environment: Temp: 75° RH: 62% VPD: 1.07 kPa CO2: 754 01/18/2026 We have a root! Just 1 root. Lol, but it's a root! I knew we'd see roots before the Apple Strudel I'm also running. It keeps stretching. So it wasn't focusing on the roots. This little lady, on the other hand, barely stretched. I was concerned at first, but now it's fine. She'll start to grow significantly soon enough. Probably tomorrow we'll see some impressive growth. Or well the start of it. However, her leaves are kinda crinkly. I need to figure this out. Is the light too bright?! No way. No fucking way. The DLI is like 21 mol. And was 16.7 mol. last week. I'm pretty sure this strain likes light. Imma take a peeky peek... Says nothing about lighting. But it does like nutrients and lots of them. I'll have to keep that in mind. Maybe I don't have enough in there. That could be the cause of the deformed leaves. I'm going to find out somehow. I looked it up and I have it narrowed down to lighting or Nutrients. It's really hard to tell when she just started to veg. I honestly should have left it in Germination for last week and started veg this week. Now it's all messed up. Lol. Oh well. So we'll have a 5 week veg stage. But it's still not gonna change the growth cycle. Also, the pH was high. It was at 6.6. So that is now pHed down to 5.8. EC and TDS didn't change at all. Temp was 67° after replacing the ice bottles. 01/19/2026 I think I figured out the issue with the crinkling leaves. The fans at night were blowing at level 6 which is really windy in a 3x3 with 2 fans. Now it's down to level 2 like it should be. Oops. On a better note, she's on her third her node now and looking like she's about to explode with growth. I'm also seeing teeny tiny side branches coming out. So I'm not seeing any issues with growth. So I guess everything is all good. Great color. Nice full leaves. Thin though. Although it is like the first week of veg. We'll see. Oh yah, the water was warm this morning. I definitely need to add ice bottles before I go to bed. No bad smell though, so that's good. Last run I got a brown algae bloom and it wreaked like warm piss. Nasty. So far everything looks good in that regard. I still need to figure out how to get temp in the tent to actually get stable. It can't hold anything. Like if the level goes below 8 on the heater, the temp drops to like 71° like immediately. I don't understand. Last run it was not like this. It hung out at a solid 75° with minimal assistance from the heater. I really don't get it. And the humidity is even worse. The humidity plummets hard. I get that it's winter and the temps are low and the humidity next to nothing, but like damn man. However, I just thought of something. I had my AC running the whole time last run. Just to keep the temp in check and the air quality better. That could have played a major role. Granted it's the exact temp in here that I was keeping it at with the AC. I dunno. Just a thought. Clean air and all. That's all for now. Update: She has 2 long roots now. Looking awesome! 01/20/2026 She's starting to grow now. The roots are getting super long and more are popping out. I have a good feeling about this. She looks great! And seems to be quite happy with the nutrient water. Very green growth. She's definitely healthy and happy. I totally forgot to change the ice bottles out again, so I did as soon as I got out of bed. Saying "shit! I forgot the damned ice bottles!" Lol. I didn't even take measurements as I was like half awake when I did it. Now I'm waiting a few hours while the ice bottles do the thing. Unfortunately, I won't be able to swap them out again until later this evening. I set a reminder on my phone, so I'll remember. As for measurements. I'm not expecting any changes just because there's 2 roots in the water. So I'm looking for the pH and temp. I'll check the EC and TDS, but I don't think those measurements are needed currently. That's more for next week when the growth becomes vigorous, or well should if not already. The lighting is perfect btw, she has a great reach and isn't stretching super fast. Very evenly paced. Slightly praying just like she should be. The environment on the other hand is a solid mess. The humidity is bouncing all over the place because of the fans. But also because I don't have the air filter in the ventilation system yet. I need to change out the charcoal or take it out, shake all the nasty stuff out and put it back in. The carbon isn't bad yet, just clogged. I need some canned air I think. I don't have an air compressor. Lol. But what I think I need to do is dump the charcoal, clean out the mesh from the filter and put the charcoal back in. Gotta wait for my new handy dandy compressed air thingy to come in. 01/21/2026 I finally remembered to switch out the ice bottles last night. The water was somewhat cool. Around 70° f. I forgot to take readings. But I'm pretty good at feeling the temp out. She looks great! Broad leaves though. The description said really thin leaves. We'll see how she turns out. It's really too early to tell what she's gonna do. So I definitely started the veg stage in the diary about a week too early. So now it's like day 3 of the veg stage in real life. We are on week 2 in the diary. SMH. Oh well. I think I addressed this when I started my second week as veg, but I can't remember. So here's a reminder I guess. The heat seems to have caught up. It's now at 75°, but not holding very well. The heater remains on and overheated for like an hour last night. Then it did it again this morning, but I just turned it off for 10 minutes while I swapped out the ice bottles and took a couple pics. Her tiny branches are starting to show more. I can't wait for them to shoot out so I can cut them off in 2 weeks. Lol. I also took a quick measurement. 3.5" tall. We started the week at 2" and have grew an inch and a half in 5 days. Not sure how much I like that. I'd love to see a half inch a day. Up until flowering. That'll give me a 17" plant by flower. If it grows twice that tall, I'll have a nice sized plant. That's based on a 4 week veg stage. If it turns out to be 5 weeks, well, the plant will be much bigger to start. Not much else to talk about today. Kinda just letting her do her thing. I've observed. She's healthy, happy and a beautiful green. 01/22/2026 We have foliage! Wow. Like overnight boom. Right on time. Now there will be some vigorous growth. What happened here? Oh I was busy. My bad everyone. 01/23/2026 The water was a bit warm this morning. I think I need to swap these bottles out every 4 to 5 hours. Not happening. I need a different solution. Maybe the heater hose needs to go somewhere else. pH: 6.1 EC: 1059 TDS: 540 Temp: 68.5 So I bought a hand held air compressor to clean the dust from the air filter. The carbon isn't spent yet, it was just clogged. Now it's unclogged. Lesson learned. Use pre-filter and replace pre-filter when it gets all clogged up. There's still a bit of resistance, but not bad. She looks great. Good color, but it looks like she'll be needing a new dose of nutrients when next week starts. I think tomorrow. Half dose and we'll see what happens. Worst case scenario, it's too hot and I have to swap out a gallon of plain water. No big deal. A gallon would put it down between the 1/4 dose and the 1/2 dose. We'll see though.

Prilyfe13 01/24/2026 So I forgot to fill the reserve bucket up. Now I have to wait for the cold ass water to warm up over 64° it's currently at 58°. I might be waiting til tomorrow to swap out the water. I don't want to shock her with the cold water. Other than that, I forgot to swap out the ice bottles this morning. It only got to 71° so that's not terrible. The Apple Strudel I'm running had like 75° water as it's right next to the heater hose. She looks great! Not quite as tall as I would expect for a vigorous plant. But she'll come through. We are only on week 2 of veg. Not 3. So next week will look much better. I'll be able to train and defoliate. I'm not going overboard either. Just a nice trim job. Not heavy, but mid range. Not light either. Almost forgot. DLI: 25.1 mol 01/25/2026 Well, the heat turned off last night. I think it my downstairs neighbors. It's an apartment house with shared heat. Anyway, the heat was off and so was the temp in the tent. So that was a nightmare. But then that also meant the water I was swapping out today was cold. But I found algae on the bottom of the bucket and needed to clean it out. So I had to add the cold water. I think she's fine, but she might not be showing signs of shock and may in fact be in shock. The water was 57.3°, but the heat in the tent is cranked, so the water should warm up pretty soon. I just hope the temp doesn't plummet again. I don't like being cold. As for the plant itself, she looks really good. Great green coloring, stalky, but the branches and stem are super thick for this stage. I don't think she's going to be very tall. Unless the water warms up and unlocks all of those new nutrients in her cleaned out bucket. I also am starting to think this may not be a blue dream. The leaves are way too wide. Unless of course they thin out when they mature. I dunno, man. I need to look at some other blue dream by FastBuds. That might tell me something. Anyway, I think that's it for me today. Weekly Readings: pH: 5.8 EC: 1105 TDS: 552 Temp: 57.3 01/26/2026 So the temp in the apartment was 75 this morning and the tent was at 72°. The heater was on, but I think I figured out the problem. The heater is actually outside of the tent. So when it's on it causes the tent to bulge and the air is forced out of the lower vents. The heat never reaches the plants. So, I put the heater in the tent. So far the tent is at 77° and 58%. I'm gonna try to get the humidity to hold at 60% if it will hold. Other than that, she looks good. I'm not very excited with how short she is compared to the apple strudel also in the tent. Nice branches. And I'm still pretty sure this isn't a blue dream. Again, I'll have to wait until she gets to like flower to really know I think. But the leaves are so very broad. The Apple Strudel on the other hand has thin leaves and is stretching like mad. The water looks good. I'm not bothering with measurements today. I'm focused on getting the humidity and temp in order, so I don't want to open the tent. I did swap out the ice bottles. Oh, speaking of ice bottles, the heater is bucket level, so it's not blowing heat all over the buckets. It's going over the bucket. So it shouldn't get super warm anymore... Hopefully. One thing I did notice is that the roots, first of all, are all over the place now so that's good. But they are brown. I don't get it. I thought hydrogaurd was supposed to prevent this. Or is it the dark brown concentrated nutrients. Some in the regimen are dork brown. Maybe that's the issue? I don't think it's an issue though. No bud rot or anything like that. Just brown roots. Well, that's it for the day. 01/27/2026 Whoops. Forgot to write in for today. Let's just say it's the beginning of a nightmare. Clawing leaves. Etc. 01/28/2026 The CLAAAAAW! FUCK! Well, there is somehow a nitrogen toxicity. So I removed a gallon of water and replaced it with a gallon of fresh water. I guess time will tell. The funny thing is that both plants in the tent are doing the exact same thing. Like it's environmental. But I don't know what could cause it. Really warm water? Because I have a lot of trouble keeping the water cool. Especially at night, when I'm sleeping and the heater can run wild. No idea why it doesn't turn off, but it's really annoying. This one hasn't overheated so that's nice. I also learned that I only need 1 ice bottle. And just replace them a little more often. Like tonight I'm adding a bottle at bed time. Then first thing in the morning. Then mid afternoon. The AI is very confused. I don't think it knows what it's doing now. The environment is a complete mess. But it's really not. The probe is on a central space. So it should read right, but the way I have it set up, the mist doesn't hit the plants directly. It causes the probe to get really wonky. I think. This didn't happen last run. Anyway, this week is kind of a shit show. 01/29/2026 So I think I figured out the claw. I took some advice and pulled a gallon and replaced it with a gallon of plain pHed water. Seems to have worked for the most part. The thing now is the plant is droopy. Kinda. I think it has to do with the air gap between the basket and the water. With the ice bottles in there, the gap is gone. That being said, I would assume the roots were starting to drown without that air gap being there. If it was the case, then I should see some improvement in the next few hours. We shall see. Unless it's something else. But I don't know. The environment is still messed up. I mean, it's messed up, but levels out where it needs to be. Just doesn't stay there for very long. Quick Update: I dropped the light intensity to 30%. Now the light readings are 29 mol. What's funny is that's the same reading I got with the Apple Strudel that's 2" taller. Exactly what I want. The footprint is big enough to cover both plants fully. And bright enough too. 01/30/2026 The clawing has seemed to have gone away. So that's good. The only thing I'm concerned about now is her height. She is very short for her age. I'd expect at least 6" maybe 8", but she's like 4.5" now. I know it's only the end of the second week of veg, and I'm probably just being impatient, but I wonder what I could be doing more of. I don't think I'm doing anything wrong right now. I'm just struggling with the environment. Oh and the water this morning was perfect. The temp was 67.7° and the pH was 5.8. perfect. Everything is looking good. As for the plant, she looks really nice. Good strong stalk, vibrant green color. Good roots. Also, I think there was a root issue of some kind. Maybe not root rot, but browning. Because as the roots grow, they're coming out white. But the one spot that they were brown is still there. Not sure what to make of it, but I'm not complaining. However, I think whatever the issue was before stunted her a little bit. I expect if the roots are getting bigger and staying white now, I should have a much better time growing the plant. The environment is a mess still. Now it's stuck under 73°. The humidity is fine, but like what the hell man? First it was 75° now 73°. Now I will give it that it's 7° f outside, but it's not inside and the tent seems to be reflecting the outside temp. Oh well. The heat is on and that's as much as I can ask for. Well, that's it for me this week. See you in the next part of our journey.

Prilyfe13 01/31/2026 This week is all about training. There won't be much due to the size, but once she starts to stretch a little bit, I'll get some bud clips in there. She's already showing her sex. AND she has 9 finger fan leaves. Hell yeah! Very healthy plant. Nothing wrong with her at all except her height. Just short. And the only reason short is bad for me is training. It's much harder to train a shorter plant, unless I cut off the big fan leaves. Which of course will be done probably next week when the side branches have some good leaves as well. Then I can work some training. Also the branches will be longer and much easier to manipulate. I was going to change the water out today because we are dropping 3 nutrients for the next 2 weeks. But the reserve bucket is really cold. I'm warming it up by the heater, but it's gonna take the majority of the day to get it up to a reasonable temp. Right now it's at 56° f. Much too cold for a possible 20 minute dip. I have to add the nutrients in the actual bucket instead of the gallon jugs. It's much easier to dump 10 ml of nutrients into 1 bucket vs 2.5 ml each in 4 jugs. It's just 4 times faster doing it in the reservoir. Of course when I can't lift the plant out of the water, I'll have to start pumping. No big deal, but still I don't like the fact that I won't be able to at least wipe the bucket out before refilling it. Ya know? Oh well. Frankly, in my opinion, it's a recipe for disaster. But I'll manage. And then I'll have to load the jugs up first. Or the reserve bucket and pump the mix in from there. The environment looks a little wonky today. But seems to be sitting in a good spot when it finally levels out for a bit. Not that it hasn't been wonky the whole run, but it seems to be leveling out now that the plants are starting to contribute to the environmental conditions. Temp still isn't getting high enough for long enough. It hits 77° for a bit then drops down to 72° for a bit then back up. Mostly because the humidity is either high or super low and it's messing with the temp. They can't mesh well. It's because of the lung room. Too cold by the tent and much too dry. I will note though that the heater hasn't overheated since I put it in the tent. Shame my tent isn't big enough to hold it. Especially when the scrog net goes up. Maybe I'll be able to use the heater outside the tent again with the hose. I'd much like to have my space back. Lol. I mean, it fits, but it takes up a lot of space in the back. The cool part is it's level with the buckets, so the hot air doesn't seem to be hitting them that much. Definitely keeping the buckets cooler. I didn't need to add an ice bottle today. Yet anyway. I don't think I'll need to. Maybe tonight as I won't be changing nutrients out today. Not with the reserve bucket so cold. And by the time it warms up, it'll be too late to change the nutrients. I prefer to change them in the morning and do the trimming at night. Just seems like a good routine to have. The trimming before bed will help the plant recover from the stress and to heal. During the day with a new bucket of fresh nutrients, the plant can focus on those and growth and energy uptake instead of spending the day healing. At least that's the theory I'm working with. If I'm wrong please someone tell me. 02/01/2026 Today is water swap day. The reserve bucket is in temp range and pHed ready to go. I checked the water temp earlier and it was perfectly fine from last night at 67.9°. Glad I figured out the water heating problem. Now it should be much easier to manage the water quality. Also, the pH is still perfectly in range sitting stable at 6.1. I'd like it down to 5.8, but that's not how this nutrient blend works. It sits at 6.1. of course, I'll pH to 5.8 when I mix the new batch, but it's going to hit 6.1 and stay there. Maybe I'll bring it back down to 5.8 every couple of days. That might be a pretty good idea. That way we get the swing a bit and more nutrients can be unlocked easier. Or I'll just leave it alone as one should. It's pH perfect, so I should let it do the pH perfect thing and not mess with it. I dunno. Plant... She is beautiful. Huge green leaves. 9 finger leaves still coming out. Amazing color. Still short though. Not the most exciting news. I'd like her to be close to a foot tall by now. But as I said yesterday, she is already showing her sex, so the pre flower stretch should begin shortly. Like in the next few days maybe? Maybe a week? Either way, flowering is fast approaching. That's for sure. I should be all prepped for it. I have my trellis net in the tent ready to be hooked up in case I need it. Indeed, I may need it. This is an extremely healthy plant. I can see the potential super growth coming on. The leaves are HUGE. and if the leaf size signifies the potential size of the plant, then the plant will be huge. At least if that be the case. Which it might be. Probably not? Readings: pH: 6.45 EC: 1004 TDS: 502 Temp: 64.5° 02/02/2026 pH was way off this morning. I don't know what happened. But if I remember correctly, I read that the pH Perfect part of the name only works best when it's on the 700 to 1000 range. Mine is 500. Lol. Not sure how to fix that considering the fact it would be way too much for this little lady. Maybe when she hits flower. Then I think we should be good with 700 or so. She's gotta get up to size. That's all. Funny how she isn't having issues, but the bigger Apple Strudel has some pretty knarly nitrogen toxicity. Anyway, she seems Perfectly fine. Great color. Super strong branches. But also flexible. Too short use the bud clips though, shame that. This is the training week and she's not cooperating. Lol. Branches are barely long enough to get a clip in. But only 2 can get it. So I'm going to have to wait and see. Maybe with her height, I'll get a naturally even canopy and won't have to do much training. It's kind of a bummer that I can't tie her down like I normally would. No anchors. Otherwise she would probably be a bit bigger. Maybe. I find that they tend to grow a bit faster when tying down the top. Gets the blood pumping. Lol. For the most part, that is. The branches get more energy and flgrow faster in turn making the plant bigger. Maybe not tall, but wide. I almost want to top her, but I think it's too late now. It's week 3 of veg and there's already white pistils. Hopefully I'll get another week of full veg before the preflower stretch starts. I really need to train this lady out. I don't want to snip the leaves. We'll see how it goes. Maybe I won't have to snip all of them. Just a few would be fine. Oh and the water temp was fine. 68.7° but I added an ice bottle anyway. I'd like that temp to stay around 67°. In a bad note, I think I screwed up and contaminated this bucket. The Apple Strudel has an algae bloom and I accidentally used the same stirring stick for both buckets when I was pHing them. We shall see if it causes an issue. Also isn't hydrogaurd supposed to prevent this from happening? I'll have to look into that. Anyway, the environment is still messy, but I think it's artificial. The humidity seems to bounce with the heat as it has been. Both units turn off though, so that's good. I just need them to turn off at the right readings. Lol. That's all for the day. We'll see what tomorrow brings. 02/03/2026 She looks great! STRONG branches. No training available. I did however hand press the top down. I really wish I could tie her down. Hand training takes a lot of work. Not that I mind, but like damn. I gotta be in the tent like 12 times a day and I don't want to do that. The heater started overheating AGAIN. It seems to be fine now, but I wonder how it did it. It's not hot in the tent. The water didn't even get hot. However I do think I need to add an ice bottle just in case. Her pH was high. 6.7. while the EC and TDS stayed the same. EC 1000 and TDS 506. That's all for now. 02/04/2026 So I haven't recorded the light in a bit. We are currently at: DLI: 34.6 PPFD: 530 I had to pH her yet again. It was like 6.7 today. I don't know what to do here. Except to continue pHing daily. Personally, I think it's the algae I can't get rid of. But also, there's less plant food in the bucket. I recorded 502 I believe and now it's at 492. Not much of a dip, but the EC also dipped to 973. So she looks amazing. Her branches are thick and strong. There will be no taming this little lady. I'm thinking she hopefully will take to a clip or 2 when she starts to stretch. I dunno though. At this rate she's gonna have a trunk and arms for branches. Lol. Now that there's plants in the tent that have some mass to them, the environment is now adjusting itself accordingly. And it looks good. However, the damned air filter is clogged again. So I'm gonna have to replace the charcoal in it. Then everything will be fine. I also increased the light intensity slightly and raised the light back up to about 23" it's not much of an increase, but she started to reach pretty good last night, so I figured today was a good day to adjust the light. She should continue growing into it. Next week, I'll increase the intensity again. Probably to 40 mol. Maybe a little lower. She needed no pHing. Everything else in the water looks good. This plant is extremely healthy and happy. I did replace the ice bottle though. The water was around 69°. Now it's down to 66°. 02/05/2026 She got a half gallon top off today. Looking fantastic! Beautiful green. Vibrant. Very healthy. Nothing else to say really. pH is on point. Environment is actually doing good finally. I'm not worried about the EC or TDS at the moment. It's stable. However, when flowering starts, I'll definitely be keeping a close eye on it. For now, it's just the training. Which looks great! Kinda slow going as I'm unable to tie branches down. Too thick and stiff to clip. So I'm kinda stuck waiting for the first couple days of the stretch. 02/06/2026 Last day of the week. We'll start next week with a bump in light intensity and see what happens there. I'm leaving the nutrients alone for the week. I believe the preflower stretch should be starting any day now. I'll change the nutrients after that I think. I think that's how the feeding schedule goes. Anyway, I can't sleait to see some stretch with this one. She's so compact and short. So a thing I thought of with training, or lack there of. This plant could only be tied down or scrogged. The branches are too thick and stiff from day one. It's good and bad. Good because I know the plant is super healthy. Bad because I can't train them. Lol. Oh well. Alone she should be a pretty good producer. And her branches are all close together in height, so the stretch should provide a fairly level canopy. I think I'll snip the big fan leaves off tomorrow. Start of a new week and new access to the plant. She'll be super compact. The big leaves are starting to become a hinderance to the growth of the plant I think. They are blocking branches and possible bud sites. I'll also clean up the bottom of the plant. I don't want any larf or popcorn buds. Should t be too much to clean up. Maybe a few leaves and tiny branch sites. It'll pay off in the end. That's for sure. The environment is good. Yay! Well, so far it's good. And has been for a couple days now. I'm definitely gonna have to change out the charcoal in the air filter. It's clogged and I don't think it'll be beneficial in the flowering stage. The pre-filter is completely white now. I have to take it off and replace it with another one. SMH. I really wish I could get rid of the dust, but alas, I'm not using distilled water for my humidifier. The water costs too much for that. Although, now that the environment is finally manageable, I don't think I'll be needing the humidifier soon anyway. I replaced the ice bottle this morning. The water definitely wasn't warm, so it should be all good. Everything is going good.

Prilyfe13 02/07/2026 A new week and the last week of veg. The stretch is just around the corner. So before hand, I did a tiny bit of trimming. Just the main stem fan leaves and a couple lower hanging leaves. I also took the lowest branch off. It wasn't gonna make it anyway. She's still super full, but has plenty of open space for air flow. I'll be increasing the light intensity at some point this week. However if she starts to stretch like I expect, I shouldn't need to increase the power much. I'm just trying to get to the bottom of the canopy. Currently she's short enough. So all the light is reaching. But when the stretch starts, I'll need a deeper penetrating light source. Mine. Turned up. I'll also be changing the nutrients out at some point this week. I'm pretty sure we start transitioning from grow nutes to bloom nutes. Adding in some bud ignitor, bud factor x and big bud in small doses. I'm just waiting for the bud ignitor to come in. It's absolutely frigid outside today, so the environment in the tent is off. The humidity is fine, but the temp is low. And I already overheated one heater. Hopefully the other one gets the tent back up to snuff. Once that happens, the devices will level off finally and run at low settings if at all. We just gotta get there. As for her looks, she looks full and vibrant. Beautiful green color. Super strong branches standing straight up. S couple of them are starting to spread out now, but the majority of them are standing up close to the main stem. They are too thick to use the bud clips and I don't have tie downs, so it's all natural for her. Maybe a little push down on the top just to get the lower branches pumping. 02/08/2026 Looking good today. She is really starting to look like a little fat Christmas tree. Still no training though. The branches are long enough, but too thick. So I'm still waiting for the stretch to start. Although, I'm pretty sure it started already. Maybe. It could be a couple more days. The water is low. I was thinking about topping it off, but I'm changing it tomorrow when my bud ignitor gets here. I think that's what I'm gonna do. Either way, I'm waiting for tomorrow. She might need a gallon or so if I were to top her off. I'm not sure now. Maybe I should top off. I will say that she is hungry. She's sucking up all the nutes in the water. She'll be fine. When I swap the water out, I'll make sure to give her enough food. However, I don't really know what she needs for nutes. Maybe 550 ppm? She's drained the nutes down below 300 ppm from 450 ppm or something like that. At least she's not overfed this time. The fucking environment. No matter what I do, it just stays fucked up. There pardon the language, but it's definitely needed. So I set the humidity ton55% now it's stuck at 52%. Where yesterday it was at 57% with no problems. I don't get it. And the temp is just low. AGAIN! It was 75° yesterday. WTF. 02/09/2026 I still haven't decided what to do about the water change. I'm definitely doing it today, but I'm still waiting for a nutrient to show up. I can't decide if I want to stay with the current feed or start the transition from grow to bloom. I think I'm going to start the bloom nutrients. Just at a really low dose. So I'll be adding big bud, bud factor x and bud ignitor. We'll be keeping the voodoo juice, Tarantula and Piranha out for the rest of the run. She looks absolutely amazing. Beautiful vibrant green, thick branches and side branching coming out everywhere. She's definitely gonna be a bushy one and I'll need to defoliate a good amount. That's ok. She's healthy enough to take a pretty good hair cut. But I won't be doing so until after the stretch. I moved the humidifier around and put a hose it came with on it. So now the humidity is put in above the canopy. Hopefully it keeps the humidity in check and not constantly running. The temp is also kinda good. So no complaints there today. I also took measurements. She's 14" tall now and about 21" from the light. I was considering lifting the light up and increasing the intensity for a bigger footprint, but I don't think I need to quite yet. I'm thinking in the next couple of days I'll need to adjust it anyway. Especially because of the Apple Strudel which is 16" tall and only starting to stretch now. She's gonna be a beast. This little lady won't be small either. I don't think she is beast material though. Well, who knows maybe she is. 02/10/2026 So instead of swapping the water out today, I topped off with a half gallon of the new stuff. She's drinking about a half gallon a day, so I'll continue to feed the normal dose but in half gallon intervals over the course of the week. Then I'll change out the water with the regular dose. Regular as in 1/3 dose from what the manufacturer says. It should be fine. Update: I decided to swap out the water. Lol Readings: pH: 5.8 EC: 898 TDS: 450 Temp: 64.7° We will have to see how she likes this mix. A couple hours later: So far it looks good. I'm not exactly sure what to look out for. According to both the Advanced Nutrients app and the FastBuds autoflower schedule, I'm perfectly in range. Anyway, she looks fantastic! Beautiful colors. Strong side branching. Best of all, it's starting to spread out. So more and more bud sites may be grown. I'll just have to cut some select leaves after the stretch. We'll see how it goes. I have a good feeling about this plant. Not sure how big she'll get, but her buds should be POTENT. 02/11/2026 So I forgot to add an ice bottle last night. Now there's big bubbles on top of the water and on the roots. Not really sure what it means, but both plants did it. This one and the Apple Strudel. Maybe it's the mix with the new nutrients, like bud ignitor and bud factor x. Maybe the water was too warm and I screwed up. We'll find out at some point today or tomorrow. I'm gonna have to check the EC and TDS to make sure it's staying the same. If it's raising, I know I have too much nutrients. But I don't think so. I hope it's not another algae bloom. It didn't look like this before though. Maybe a new issue? I'll keep an eye on it. Other than that, she looks amazing. Taking a very nice shape all by herself. She has clear layers of leaves and branches. Directly from the side, you can see them. It's very nice. Don't get me wrong, unless she stretches considerably, I'll definitely be defoliating after the stretch. Plus I'm expecting bigger leaves. The environment seems pretty decent as well. Doesn't seem any equipment is having issues either. Something I'll note is the color of the leaf tips. They are dark, but barely. No claw either. So I'm only noting it. Not too worried about it. We'll see how things go throughout today. It's not like I'm pumping her with like 1000 ppm or anything. It's like 450. There shouldn't be any issues whatsoever except for maybe being a little underfed, but this doesn't seem to be the case. She seems very happy and healthy. Wanting for nothing. She has all she needs. 02/12/2026 Not much to report today. She's stretching and her leaves are all filling out making her explode with growth. She looks amazing. Still growing one main cola though. I can tell. It's gonna be short I think, but the rest of the plant will have caught up by then. I don't expect small buds from this plant either. She's definitely gonna pack them on. But, if this is in fact a blue dream, the buds will be pointy and long. Let's hope these branches grow long enough for a hand full of foot long colas. The environment looks pretty good too. Equipment is running just fine. The water this morning wasn't warm, so that's good. I did however replace the ice bottle. The pH is fine. I haven't taken it, but I'm guessing with the pH perfect technology, it's 6.1 to 6.3. perfectly within range. I'll check numbers this afternoon and report then. Also, from the looks of it, the water seems fine. No films, no smells, just bubbles. I wonder if they make a styrofoam bucket insulation thing. That'd be nice to have instead of always swapping out ice bottles. Oh well. I also have to top her off today. I just checked. Looks like maybe a half gallon? Maybe a little more? I'm trying to wait for a gallon, but the water looks so low. Oh well. I'm still topping off today. Lol. Update: So I added a half gallon of the current dose and the EC and TDS are lower than what they were when I swapped out the water. Am I supposed to increase the dose as needed? But I don't know what I need exactly. I'm pretty sure she is hungry and needs more nutrients, but I don't want to overdo it. Plus I have to figure out a way to not take the plant out of the bucket. She's getting big and cumbersome. Plus with the other plant in the tent, maneuvering around without pressing too hard against the other plant and the walls is damn near impossible. The heater is in the way. Like really in the way. I would need to take the heater out, move all the wires and hoses just to put the reserve bucket in place. I suppose I can pump out a gallon, add more mix and then dump it back in and let the bubbles and top feed system mix it in. I'd rather mix it in by hand, but again, I can't lift the plant from the bucket. I mean, maybe I can pump out the full bucket, dose it properly and then pump it back in. That wouldn't be too bad. 🤔. I might do that. At least with this plant. The other plant has a lot more space to move around. I can lift that one out... for now. She's gonna be big. Anyway, that's all for today. 02/13/2026 Lookin good today. She definitely exploded in growth. No height yet, but definitely filling out. I expect the height to come soon enough. She's only like 15" tall. I need double that. Lol I swapped the ice bottles out. She wasn't warm so that's a good thing. Keep it cool. I'm starting to think that maybe this isn't the stretch or just the very beginning. The upward growth is like a vegging plant. Not one that in a super stretch mode. Maybe I was off by my stretching timing. We'll see. The environment looks good today. Or well, has been looking good. I guess not that it was all that bad, but a little cool. It's fine. I've still got the humidity at 55% and temp at 75°. I think when I start to see actual buds, I'll drop it to 50%. Oh, I won't be turning the humidifier off. It's staying right where it is because the humidity in the house is like 29%. Unless the plants get big enough to start putting off their own humidity. Then, well, it'll just turn off and do nothing except sit there. I'd much rather not use it, but it's ok if it turns on a little bit. I doubt it will turn on much. It still might even at 45%. Readings: pH: 6.35 EC: 777 cm TDS: 382 ppm Temp: 66°

Prilyfe13 02/14/2026 Honestly, I'm not sure that she is stretching. Filling out, yes. But stretching, no. Not sure what to make of this. She's only 17" tall and has been in the "pre flower" stretch for about a week. Or maybe it takes a week for the stretch to start? I don't know, but I'm not seeing any rapid growth. Like from yesterday to today, I see like a quarter inch difference in height. Not a stretch. That's like casual growing. I'm now wondering if the stretch has yet to start. So this week we are leaving it on Veg. For that reason, I'm not changing the water. Just topping it off as needed. Like today. I bet she needs a gallon. I think I'll change the water out when I start to see buds. Currently, I'm using a mix of grow and bloom nutrients while she transitions from veg to flower. I'm really hoping the stretch hasn't started yet. I've been saying it since I saw the first pistils. That was a week ago. She looks great! I don't understand where the vigor went. No signs of stress, hunger or toxicity. A perfectly healthy plant. No leaf discoloration. And still producing 7 finger leaves. Her branches are strong and most are almost caught up to the top. She's super wide and frankly, she doesn't have all that many leaves. They just got big. Maybe this lady is a 5 or 6 week veg time. But the pistils! Argh! The environment is pretty level. No issues there. We are at a nice 75° and 55%. The VPD is a bit high, but I also have the CO2 bag in the tent, so it can stand to be a bit warmer. I also think I can increase the light intensity, but I won't be doing that. Update: I raised the light to 25". It would be 24" but the Apple Strudel is 3" taller and I need to make sure I don't burn that one. So we are at 25" with a DLI of 35.6 mol. I increased the light power to 60% as well. Currently 195 watts. I also noticed the EC and TDS dropped quite a bit last night. Not sure why, but I might have to add more nutrients. It's happening with the Apple Strudel as well. Not really sure what to do besides continue adding nutrients until she levels out? But if she's taking in more nutrients than water, how do you stop that? Does it level out and she drinks the same amount she eats? 02/15/2026 Apparently I forgot to do an entry this day. Oops. I was busy. Real quick. Not much going on. 02/16/2026 Readings: pH: 6.05 EC: 800 TDS: 402 Temp: 66.2 The EC and TDS are still low, but now TDS is in the 400s, so that's good. I'm trying to figure out how to increase the dose without pumping the water out again. I'm going to have to wait until I need to top off again. So tomorrow it seems. Now just to figure out how much I need. It's 4 gallons, so what to do? I only need 50 ppm more. Maybe 500? I'm still trying to figure out how it works. Like if I add a certain amount, will the plant eat and drink the same amount based on a number? Like if the water was 500 ppm, and 2 days later when she's taken in a gallon of water, I see the EC and TDS at the same level. Or would 500 ppm still not be enough to keep up? I'm not exactly understanding what I'm experiencing here. I added a little micro to the mix too. I almost forgot about it. Just a little bit. I think it'll help with the TDS and might help the plant grow more. When I change the water out in a couple days, I'm going to be adding 1 ml per gallon to start. It should be like 7.5 or something, but I'm taking it slow. I'll add a bit more until I get to 5 or so and see how she does. I'm trying to not go over 500 ppm as this is an autoflower. She doesn't need a ton of food. Although, this particular strain is nutrient heavy. She could probably take 550 ppm. But I'm not doing that. I'll stick with 450 ppm until she hits full flower. Then I'll bump it up to 500 then 550, and if needed, 600. She also has started budding. Not too sure what that means for her growth. But I'm thinking she's not gonna grow much more. Shame that. However, the Apple Strudel is still growing. No budding, nothing. Well, she has pistils, but that's because she's transitioning to flower. She is going to finish stretching in a few days I think. Maybe longer. Hopefully a little longer to grow. Anyway, that's it for the day. 02/17/2026 Swapped the water out. Honestly forgot to write in today. So this is the next day. I swapped water and that was about it. 02/18/2026 Readings: pH: 5.90 EC: 809 TDS: 403 Temp: 65.1 We are looking pretty good. Is the EC supposed to be that low? The TDS is decent but I'd like to see it at 450 to 500. Temp looks great! I've been swapping the ice bottles out 3 times a day. 1 in the morning then afternoon and then evening. It's been working perfectly. The pH is spot on, as it should be. Her root ball is a bit small for my liking. I don't have a way of taking a picture of it without a second pair of hands. It's not too small. But definitely could be bigger. The root ball in the Apple Strudel is taking up the entire bucket. It's pretty cool. No pics of that either. As for after her defoliation, she showed zero signs of stress from it. Very happy plant. Leaves perky and happy looking. Nothing drooping. Just good happy plant. I also had to lift the light up again and drop the power down to 50%. Now she's 24" from the light and the DLI is 37 mol. It has to be that low because the apple Strudel is a bit taller and I don't want to burn her. As it is, she was showing signs of light stress already. Blue Dream, that is. But it's all fixed now. I really should be checking the light daily. I forget to. I only have a few inches to the ceiling. The environment looks great! No issues, equipment is barely running now. Perfect for this little lady. Speaking of little, I'm pretty sure that's it for the stretch now it's stacking time I guess. I'll take a total height measurement at the beginning of next week, but I'm pretty sure she's over 20" now. Maybe she'll get taller when the stacking starts. 02/19/2026 I think I forgot to mention a few days ago, she has buds now. So I'll be switching to bloom nutes coming next week. Well, 2 more days. I should have switched last week, but she didn't have buds yet. I was assuming she would stretch. Lol Apparently not. No clue what happened. Maybe not enough food. But she showed zero signs of stress. A very healthy plant. But no stretch. I'm hoping the stacks make it taller. If the stacks happen. I'm very confused with this plant. I mean, flowering as early as she did is pretty cool. But where did the stretch go? Anyway, I was considering topping off today, but she definitely doesn't need it. Maybe a half gallon. I want to try and hold off until I swap the water out. That way I'm not pulling out 4 gallons. With 1 being fresh. Nope. Not me. The environment is looking pretty good. No issues. I'm gonna drop the humidy next week to 50%. I'll leave the temp the same though. Roughly 75° I could get to 77°, but I'm not gonna bother. She also took really well to the defoliation. No stress that I can see. But she's still short! Why? Why Lord why?! Oh well. I'll just do my best to make sure she has massive rock hard buds. 02/20/2026 Last day of week 6 and last day of Veg. I probably should have started flower last week, but I wasn't thinking about it. Oh well. Now we have buds and the the start of flower. Tomorrow I'll be changing out the mix to bloom nutrients. Big bud, tasty terpenes and bringing back B-52 for the rest of the run. I'll be taking out Piranha, Tarantula, Voodoo Juice and Bud Ignitor. Currently I'm at a third dose for next week, so the week after, a half dose should be fine. Plus it was only ever nitrogen I was having a problem with and just barely. I figure if that's the only issue I've seen and it was the only issue. Although, it really wasn't an issue. The only thing I saw was dark tips. But the Apple Strudel got nitrogen toxicity from the Grow part of the nutrients. Not much else to report on. She's budding and that's what matters. Hopefully she stacks right up. I'll be very upset if this turns out to be a small budded plant. Too early to tell though. The environment is good. The water is low, but I'm swapping it out tomorrow. Hopefully I'm not causing any issues with her by waiting the extra day to fill the bucket up.

Prilyfe13 02/21/2026 Finally in flower. Well, she has been for about a week, but no buds until 2 days ago. Readings: pH: 6.1 EC: 1165 TDS: 572 Temp: 65.3 These are the readings for the week. I had to pump the water out of the bucket and pump new water in. I'm really hoping now that we are in flower, she will take the higher TDS. Well, high for this plant. It's been a couple hours and I'm not seeing any signs of stress. I'm seeing a perfectly praying cannabis plant. The plant itself looks great! Good spacing on the nodes, nice open plant. No excessive leaves. Most of the very bottom pruned. I was considering taking just a few more leaves off that I saw were slightly covering bud sites, but not all the way. If it gets worse, I'll take them off, but I'm going to try and hold off on cutting anymore leaves. The environment is perfect now. I have the temp still set to 75° but I dropped the humidity down to 50%. These setting will stay the same for the rest of the run. I'm not sure about the light intensity. I can go up to 45 mol for a DLI, but I'm not so sure that's a good idea. Makes me nervous to go that high with an autoflower. Plus, they are perfectly praying. No sense in messing with that. 02/22/2026 Stacking and stacking. This is great! She's no longer "stretching", but stacking heavy and stretching that way. She's definitely still getting taller. Compact though. Not complaining. But I should be. Lol. This plant is supposed to be tall. Oh well. It's definitely a sativa and probably the Blue Dream I was hoping for. So that's good. After the change of nutrients, she seems to have taken really well to it. No issues. Unlike the Apple Strudel who was a bit droopy last night. Well, maybe. It was like 10:30 when I looked. She could have just been getting ready for the night shift. Anyway, we are looking good. I expect to see some really impressive bud. Maybe not the biggest plant, but she will definitely be a producer. I'm hoping for ft long colas. That'll make her just under 3 ft. Here's to hoping. After the environment change, one thing I noticed was that I had to change all the settings back to almost veg. She doesn't smell yet, so I don't need the exhaust fan at 4 at all times. The temp and humidity needed some work too. Also the light decided max output was a good idea for an autoflower. That's back down to 60%. I have to check the DLI at some point today as well. I think I might have to change the height of the light. There's plenty of space between the light and the canopy, so I can always lower it and drop the power down. I'd rather not go below 18" though. I like the wide footprint. Plus I feel like under 18" concentrates too much on one spot in the canopy leaving the outside unhappy. It will penetrate deep with a wider footprint and a brighter light. At least, that's the theory I have. And because this is a light bar, the intensity is pretty even throughout the tent. The dead center is only about 3 points higher with the DLI. No big deal. Plus the side branches there look great. I think there may be another algae bloom. The water smells kinda like piss. But the roots are white ish. Almost white. But not brown. I knew it would be a problem without cleaning the bucket out. This is gonna crew me over the next 6 weeks. But I don't know how to get rid of it without killing the good stuff. Or hurting the plant. Also, if there's an algae bloom, it's gonna clog the air stone and that will be a major problem. Especially because I can't get to it. I'd have to take the plant out and that's no longer an option. The roots are too big and heavy. 02/23/2026 A few things today. First, the light needed to be adjusted yet again. Second, I topped her off with nearly a gallon of water from the last 3 days. Third, let's talk height and stacks. So the light. I woke up this morning to a compact beast of a plant. She is now stretching by stacking and it's everywhere, making the plant blow up. Definitely a good thing. The problem was that the light was now too bright for the Apple Strudel and I had to turn the Intensity down again to 40%. That brought the DLI back to 38 mol. Not complaining, but still, 40%? I fear it won't reach the lower growth. So now I'm debating on if I want to supercrop the Apple Strudel so I can make some more room and increase the light intensity again. Second thing. I expected her to have taken more water, but she was just under a gallon over the last 3 days. Or well, 2 and a half days. I was going to leave the base micro in, but it doesn't seem to be necessary. Plus we are focused on flowering. I know micro has beneficial nutrients and microorganisms or whatever, but I try to do the same dose for both plants. I'm starting to think I can add a bit more bloom nutes and she won't have a problem. Especially with how big she is. Today's TDS was 521 ppm. Less than the 620 or whatever I did the other day. And higher than when I was in veg. In theory, this should be the sweet spot. We'll have to see I guess. If the clawing isn't gone in the next day or 2, I'm going to flush and start again. But I really don't think I have to. The TDS is only gonna read like 450 ppm. I've been waiting for the top of to mix well before checking numbers. Third and most important thing. Syalcs! She is stacking like mad now as I mentioned above. Nice thin leaves. Not blocking many bud sites. I might pop a leaf or 2 here and there as the rest of the run goes on. As long as these buds get fat and happy, this will be a fantastic harvest. So many bud sites and like 12 tops. Or well, 9 good tops and 3 meh. The rest is kinda shitty. But I don't dare take them off right now. No way. Flower means no touchy. The environment is looking great! No complaints today. 02/24/2026 Talk about a healthy plant. She is the picture perfect plant. The only thing I see as wrong is her size. She's definitely shorter than she should be, but she is stacking and the nodes are pretty close. Gonna be some nice colas, that's for sure. I haven't seen anything wrong with her since day 1. Good roots, nice leaves, great color and strong branches. Picture perfect. Can't get over it. Healthiest plant I've ever grown. The environment is also looking perfect. 75° and 50%. There really isn't much else to say. I looked for male parts and that's about it. I didn't check the DLI as she is around 38 mol. So even if she grew 2 inches, she'd only be at like 41 mol. Definitely not worried. 02/25/2026 We had a small top off today. Not much, just a half gallon or so. Exciting news. She is starting to bush out. Touching all 4 sides and I don't expect her to stop. Not yet anyway. Still a very compact plant. It's just that her leaves are getting bigger and forcing some of the branches out. Not complaining at all. This is what I wanted the whole time. Natural LST. She's also now 27" tall. Maybe a tiny bit shorter. I really can't get the measuring tape all the way in the plant. She's definitely gonna be done well before the Apple Strudel who is only just starting to flower. This little lady is gonna be done in like 6 weeks. The Apple Strudel feels a whole lot like what the Gorilla Cookies I grew was. The way it grew and the size it got. It just didn't stop growing. But it also got pretty heavily pollinated. So there were hundreds of seeds. This one feels like a mix of that one and smaller strawberry gorilla I grew at the same time. That plant had some amazing bud. As will this plant. The only difference is the size. The Strawberry gorilla was about 24" tall where this one is shaping up to stack around maybe 30", so there's that. Bigger healthier plant. This is the healthiest plant I've ever grown. No issues whatsoever. Just good growth and nice colors. The environment is perfect. Really nothing to report on. 75° and 50%. There yah go. Light! I didn't move it at all and happily the DLI is at 40 mol. now. We should see some awesome bud coming out soon. I hope I don't end up with smalls like last run. Or mids I guess. And I hope I don't have to raise the light more. It's nearly topped out. 02/26/2026 Not much to report today. She looks great! Didn't need a top off or anything. She's filling up her side of the tent now, so the whole tent will be filled with green goodness. The front of the tent is losing space as well. Not a bad thing, but like I need that space to work. She's definitely still growing. Slowly, but I think it's just stacking. As for watering. She acts small. Not much water taken in. Like maybe a quarter gallon from yesterday. Where as the Apple Strudel took in just over a half gallon from yesterday. She's definitely a thirsty one. Anyway, Blue Dream seems to be very happy with what she's doing. So we won't mess with it. Maybe add a little more nutes next week? Like half dose vs the third dose she's getting right now. Not much of an increase, but it should bring her TDS up to around 600 ppm. It could be too high though. We'll find out next week won't wel. Lol. The environment is looking pretty good. It's a little chilly today, so the temp is struggling. The humidity is just fine though. Currently 72° and 50%. Not too sure what to do about the 72° to be honest. The heater is on the exhaust fan is low. I'm starting to think that the plant has now blocked the heat from rising up because of the growth in the back of the tent where the heater is. Maybe I should pull her a little closer to the front of the tent to help open some space in the back. However, I fear it will just encourage the plant to grow more in the back and now I have a plant not centered with the light and the same heat issue. Lol. Big plants are good and all, but there's consequences for growing big plants in little tents. Lol. Airflow is good though. I have the fans just at or slightly above the canopy to help get airflow through the center and lower parts of the plant. So far it's working really well. I kinda wish I had taken more foliage off. She's fairly dense. But that could just be her being compact with big leaves. Lol. Still not a small plant though. She's just gonna be a plant of buds. Good buds means good smoke. And good smoke is everything. I think I have to check the light intensity again. I don't think it will be bad, but these stacks are getting closer to the light and the DLI was already at 40 mol yesterday. She looks to have grown about a half inch. That shouldn't make a difference, but I'm gonna check anyway. 02/27/2026 She still doesn't need a top off. Close though. She's getting a new mix tomorrow anyway. So let's see. Not a lot today. I moved the light up and inch. Both plants are stacking pretty nicely and are obviously growing in height. I'd say about an inch and a half yesterday. Needless to say, she was getting the perfect amount of light. But I have the Apple Strudel, which is a couple inches taller. That makes a huge difference with the DLI 2 inches is like 5 points. For this lady, the light distance was perfect. But for the the Apple Strudel, the DLI was around 46 mol. I know it's the tops and they can handle more light, but I don't want to end up causing light stress and causing issues with the plant. So far everything is good, but that inch was the last one before having to move the light out a bit. Other than that, she's back to being super healthy. I think she can take a bit more nutes in the mix. Currently I'm running a third of the manufacturers recommended dose. I'm thinking bump it up to half and see what happens. I don't think it will be too much, but always gotta keep an eye, just in case. I had to remove a few leaves today. Just the ones directly covering bud sites and potential tops. She's not really creating buds yet, but very close. The pistils are becoming more and more abundant. But they're all turning into nodes. She's also still building more side branches. They aren't big or anything, but if I wanted, I could use the bud clips on them to bring them down into the canopy, but I think they'll be better suited for a slightly higher spot. The leaves though. They are still growing. And I'm still getting new growth. It's still very familiar. I've checked for male parts nearly everyday and still see nothing. Let's hope it stays that way. She might keep doing this for a couple more weeks. If memory serves, my Gorilla Cookies took 9 weeks to fully transition to flower. But around this time, that one was slightly bigger than this one. I think. I'm gonna look when I'm done here. Lol. The environment is pretty good. The humidifier is barely running. I'm pretty sure I won't need it in a few weeks when I drop the humidy down to 40%. But it's part of the whole AI system, so it's staying where it is. Plus. Nothing wrong with just having a piece of equipment in the tent for storage. Lol.

Prilyfe13 02/28/2026 New water. The TDS is a bit higher than I had hoped for. I was looking for more of a 650, but 674 is fine. The EC is 1393. Not sure if that's high or not, but I'm really hoping it's fine. If not, I'll be swapping to plain water immediately. But I think it'll be ok. This one hasn't shown a single sign of stress. The other one, Apple Strudel, she might stress a little bit. She seems to be very sensitive to nutrients. Maybe just this line though. She looks great! Excellent color, beautiful leaves. Nice thick stems and branches. Flowering is looking great as well. Her pistils are press small though. Don't know if that bodes well or not. I haven't figured that out yet. Are bigger pistils signs of bigger buds? Or are smaller pistils signs of tighter harder buds? Which one is it? We'll find out I guess. The environment is looking good. I set the humidity down to 48% for the week. Next week I'll bring it down to 45% and leave it there til the end of the run. I still need to have it up a bit for the Apple Strudel that's just starting to flower and needs it for the rest of her stretch. Other than that, we are looking good. Oh, the water temp is 67°. 03/01/2026 pH was way off today. At 7.0. Which is weird because Apple Strudel had the same pH. Of course I pumped the water out and pHed it to 5.8, but why did it do it in the first place? I pHed the water before putting it in the bucket. It's like it never happened. My tap water is 7.1 or there abouts. Readings: pH: 6.13 EC: 1400 TDS: 710 Temp: 67.4 03/02/2026 Not much to report today. I did notice the plant is a bit of a jungle. Not much light getting below the canopy. Even with the thin leaves, it's still pretty hard to see through it. Definitely should have done a better job trimming her when I had the chance. Oh well, I'll just do the same old pull a leaf here and there as needed. I don't think she'll have a problem with that. She's healthy and very happy. Trichomes are building up now. She's definitely shaping up to be a potent lady. The buds are still pretty small. I only hope she takes long enough to swell them up to goofball sized nugs. We shall see. She got a top off without B-52 and a lotlwerneose of Bloom. Mostly because I was using the same gallon for the Apple Strudel as well. They each needed about a half gallon. But I'm not worried. She should be perfectly fine. The environment is looking pretty good. I almost have to turn the light down again for the Apple Strudel. I can't just turn it down more. There's a whole other plant and main canopy to consider. So I left it alone. She's a bit taller now too, so the DLI is around 39 mol. Good spot. I know I can go to 45 but, I'd rather not risk it with the other plant. That one is significantly bigger. 03/03/2026 She's gonna need a half gallon top off I think. Maybe a little less. Good buds. Lots of trichomes popping up all over. I checked the DLI. It's around 38 mol. A little lower than I want, but I still have that big ass Apple Strudel in the way. She has bud all the way down each branch. Talking about 18" colas here. It's gonna be excellent! The environment is looking good today. The temp seems to drop down to about 72° before popping back up again. It's fine. The average is 75° and that's what matters. I think I figured out some of the clawing. Wind burn. So I got rid of the leaves that were either clawing or showing signs of wind burn. Now there's no issues. I took a few leaves off. Just ones that were totally blocking other bud sites. And not even that many of those. I'll take a couple leaves here and there throughout the rest of the run. Nothing to cause stress, just more leaves covering more bud sites. I really should have trimmed her better in the first place. I say that about every plant I grow. Lol. Except for one or two. Either way, I gotta get better at defoliation. Back to the buds and colas. Each branch from nearly the bottom of the plant is covered in buds. We are talking. As soon as they get big, they are going to connect. Then there will be some big colas. Trichomes all over the buds, leaves and stems on the tops. Even the lowest tops have plenty of trichomes to start. 03/04/2026 Looking super good today, just like all the rest of the days. No issues with this plant whatsoever. Back to yesterday's comment about the internodal spacing. It's like a half inch. That's it. And it does in fact go all the way down. We are talking a good 18" of budcicle! On each branch as well. All the tops and even the ones that didn't make it to the top are covered in bud. I really can't wait to see how things go. As long as I keep pace with what she wants for nutrients and keep the pH in check, I should pull out a good 6 to 10 oz. We'll see. The environment is looking good. Nothing else to note about that. I have to mention the top feeder is I believe clogged and is no longer working. This bothers me. It won't keep the circulation going. The same thing happened last run as well. I wonder how to prevent that. Like maybe the roots are just too much for the thing to handle. Cuz I'll tell you, her root ball might not be as massive and the Apple Strudel, but it's still big. And the plant is too heavy for the lid to hold while I get the roots out of the tube. It'd be cool if there was a filter cap or something that prevents this stuff from getting in. No need to water today. Especially because she got a top off later in the day than I had wanted. Tomorrow morning I'll top off and she should be good til the water change. I've done some research and learned that doubling the dose of Hydrogaurd won't hurt the plants, but I guess makes the roots much cleaner. So that's my plan. I've already started with the top offs. But next week we'll be doing 4 ml per gallon instead of the 2 ml. It should help with the piss smell too. As this stuff is supposed to kill and prevent that from coming back. The algae on the bottom of the bucket where all the roots are, that is. 03/05/2026 Looking good today! So I was perusing other Blue Dream Diaries with large yields earlier. That said, I think, based on the size compared to others and the depth of the bud clusters, I should end up with about 6 oz from this plant. Maybe a little more. If her buds get as big as all the rest, I might have 8oz on hand here. We'll just have to see how big the buds get. Based on her overall health, the buds should be huge. A small top off today. Just to get her through til next week. It's only 2 days away, so she should be good. The piss smell is almost gone btw, so that should mean the algae bloom is almost gone. Hooray! I pulled a few leaves today. Just ones that were covering bud sites. I was gonna say the big ones, but honestly, all the leaves are big now. For the most part at least. If I were to take all the big ones off, she would be quite naked. Which I think should have been done about 3 weeks ago. But that's beside the point. Her stacks are looking great! The leaves are thin enough for some light to get to the bottom of the plant. Not much though. But that could also be because the light isn't all that bright. So we shall be expecting some popcorn and larf. Oh well. It's good for pressing, so it's not a loss. I just need to get the motivation to press. I have 4 quarter pound bags of pressables from my last run. Not that it weighs a pound, but there's plenty for a really good concentrate yield. I'll have to buy stuff to do it though, like new paper and some silicone storage containers. Mine all got nasty from where I had them stored before. Unfortunately is was not in a environmentally controlled space. Now I have that controlled space. And I have a mini fridge dedicated to weed stuffs. I have my seeds in there now and will eventually be curing the concentrate when I get to it. On a different note, I measured her. She's 29" tall. Her counterpart however is 35.5" tall. So lighting is a bit of a pain. Kinda wish I had a 6" stool to put her on. Then she'd be level with the Apple Strudel and we would have some better lighting. Although, her lighting isn't that bad. I mean at the top, the DLI is 39 mol. Maybe 40 now. I really wish I had trimmed her more. She'd have so much more lit up space. Oh well. The environment today is pretty good. Oh right!, the humidifier ran out of water last night and the Humidity this morning was like 40%. Not bad, but still a bit too low for this stage. I'm thinking 40% in a couple weeks. So I think the top feed system isn't working anymore. I hear no bubbles and I don't see any signs of water coming up. It must be clogged or something. Unfortunately, like last run when the same thing happened, I can't get in there to fix it. There's just not enough space. Maybe a second set of hands, but even then it's pretty tight. With the height and width. She's touching all 3 walls and has been engulfed with the Apple Strudel. So lifting could pose to be a perilous venture. 03/06/2026 Last day of week 8. We are lookin good. Took a couple leaves that were blocking tops and bud sites. Just a couple though. The leaves are thin enough where there isn't much to be snipped. She'll be getting new water tomorrow, so topping off would just be a waste. Plus the roots are still in the water. The buds are looking great! They are starting to get slightly bigger and the pistils are standing straight up. More stacking under way. There's already so much bud, I think by the end of the run, she will be more bud and leaf than branch and trunk. It looks like each branch will be filled all the way in. No branch to be seen. That's what I like to see. However I will say it's a good thing these leaves are thin, because trimming with so many bud sites is cautious work. I have to be really careful where I cut. So I try not to cut at all. I pop leaves off with my fingers. But even then there's some spots where I need to get in with trimmers. But I only needed the trimmers once. The environment is really good. I'm just gonna leave it as it is. As for the light... I dunno what to do with it. The power is too low to get to the rest of the plant. Maybe. I don't know. I might be able to squeeze a little more out of it, but I need to measure the light output first. Last I checked the DLI on average was about 40 mol. I think with the CO2 bag, I can increase the intensity a little more. I know I can go up to 45 mol, but I don't want to risk light stress. Plus there's the other plant to contend with. It's significantly bigger. 36" where as this lady is 30" I think. Either way, there's a huge size difference. Update: I just had a thought. This little lady is about 6 inches shorter than the very top of the Apple Strudel. However, the majority of Apple Strudel is about 3" higher. I think I want to lift her up the 3 inches to make her level with Apple Strudel. No clue how I'm gonna do it. I can't lift the bucket and slide the riser in. Only 2 arms here. Lol. But I think I need to figure out how to do it.

Prilyfe13 03/07/2026 Readings: pH: 6.5 will fix itself or need a pHing tomorrow. EC: 1243 TDS: 630 Temp: 69.9° before the ice bottle So a new week and new water. I've found with this particular brand, the pH spikes once. I fix it and it goes to 6.1 and just stays there I'd much rather 5.8, but it's 6.1. Oh well. As you see above, the pH spiked from when I put the mix in. It was about a half hour. It'll either fix itself, or I'll need to pH again tomorrow or tonight. Right now it's just at the top of the limit. If it goes up I lH tonight if it goes down, I'll see what it looks like in the morning. Her leaves, I noticed are pretty dark. Almost blue, but no signs of stress at all. I dropped the B-52 to 2 ml per gallon. So half of the dose I'm running in the mix. We'll see what she does over the next couple of hours. No leaves were taken today. I probably should considering how much foliage there is. A couple leaves a day does nothing in regards to stress. Maybe I'll take a second look and find a couple leaves that are super blocking bud sites. It's warm and rainy today, so the environment is a little bit high in both temp and humidity. The temp has been sitting at 77° all morning and the humidity at 54%. Not terrible numbers, but definitely off from what I've had it at for the entire run. Maybe she'll start to swell those buds early and make them as big as golf balls. If not bigger. We'll see. The CO2 is up as well. Well, it was earlier. I had the tent open for a good 15 minutes earlier, so it all escaped. But now it's around 77. Other than that welcome to week 9! 03/08/2026 Readings: pH: 6.5 weird I pHed it this morning. EC: 1339 cm higher than yesterday TDS: 672 ppm significantly higher than yesterday. Temp: 67.6° lower. I think I need to top off with a half dose tomorrow. It seems she's drinking more than she's eating. Still no issues though. She looks great! One thing I'm a bit concerned about is the size of the buds and pistils. They seem small. Maybe I'm overthinking it, but the buds on the Apple Strudel are getting bigger with huge fat pistils. I hope she doesn't end with small buds. That would be sad. I want huge buds. Lol. And the only thing I can think of is too much nutrients? But again, she's not showing signs of stress. Just not eating enough. Maybe she needs more cal/mag. I don't know. Anyway, I'll do a half dose when I need to top off. Maybe plain water, depending on how much more the TDS and EC go up. The environment is pretty stable today. If those buds fatten up, she might have a bigger yeild than the Apple Strudel. We'll have to see. 03/09/2026 Readings: pH: 6.58 EC: 1331 TDS: 673 Temp;: 64.4° So the pH spiked again. 2 days in a row. I'm keeping an eye on it and obviously it worked, cuz the spike. At least it's not like 6.8 or something. 6.58 is really close to the range, but I want it in the dead center of the range. When it adjusts, it usually stays around 6.1 with a little fluctuation. Not a bad thing at all, but still this spiking has to be something other than the nutrients. Unless there's a reason for it to be that high. Don't flowering cannabis plants like a bit more pH than when they are in veg? I must research this. Other than the pH issue, she looks absolutely fantastic. I made sure to pull some leaves today. Just ones that were blocking the light and ones that were stuffed up against the wall. The thing is, the whole branch is up against the wall, so I'm not sure how much I can take. I only took the most mangled ones. And a couple that were folding. I know I should be leaving her alone, but I need to clear this jungle. Lol The environment is looking awesome. No issues there. 03/10/2026 Readings: After top off pH: 6.1 EC: 1421 TDS: 706 Temp: 67.1° 03/11/2026 No clue where today's entry went. 03/12/2026 Readings: pH: 5.85 EC: 1525 TDS: 761 Temp: 65.6° 03/13/2026 happy Friday! Readings: after a adding a gallon of plain water. pH: 5.85 EC: 1109 TDS: 557 ppm Temp: 62.6 She is starting to get shiny, but the leaves are still pretty healthy. But they are also pretty dark. I'm thinking there's a nutrient lockout of some kind. I'm guessing too much nitrogen? But that comes with the claw. Nope. Bother her TDS and EC were higher this morning than they were yesterday. So I added a gallon of water. Didn't accidentally added a gallon with a pH of 7.1. happily it fixed a low pH right to 5.85. I'll try to remember to check the numbers again tomorrow before replace the water. It honestly feels like this plant just froze. Like grow no more. The buds aren't getting any bigger and it's been days. On the other hand, the Apple Strudel has buds twice the size of the blue dreams. And she's a week behind. If I can get my cousin to come over he'll help me lift the plant up. And add the riser. That's one issue I'm having. I'm not sure that it caused whatever buildup there is, but I know light issues can cause other issues. Like nutrient lockout. I think. Anyway, I'm going to flush her tomorrow I think. It would be super nice if I could lift her out of the bucket so I can clean it. But nope. Even though she's shorter, that doesn't make her short. She's still a good 29" to 30" tall. I really need these buds to start growing again. The environment is pretty stable today. That is all. 03/14/2026 Just readings. The rest of today will be in next week's entry. pH: 6.1 EC: 1204 cm TDS: 592 ppm Temp: 67.1°

Prilyfe13 03/14/2026 Week 10 and we are doing absolutely nothing. She hasn't done a thing with her buds. It's like she's stuck in time or something. I don't understand. So I'm going to lift her up 3" with a riser. That should bring her up to an appropriate DLI. Currently it's too low. And it may be causing some growth issues. She also has more food than she needs apparently. So she may be locked out. So I'm doing half dose this mix and see how she does for the week. Hopefully whatever issue she has clears up soon. She needs to make more bud. What's interesting is that she looks perfectly healthy. Just dark leaves. No clawing, no spots, no drooping, nothing. She looks perfect except that she's no longer growing bud. I read that it could be lack of light, too many nutrients. And a couple others I can't remember. But the most important thing is that she has some sort of issue with her mix. However, I doubt there will be a problem. Just a little half flush and she's good to go. The environment looks good. I dropped the RH to 45%. It's keeping the heat pretty stable at 75° the humidifier won't be running much at all for the rest of the run. I might just take it out to make floor space so I can do other things. Like check for male parts, or move the plant around a bit. Maybe to get better lighting. I was considering turning her sideways, but I squashed the idea almost immediately. It would be too wide for Apple Strudel. And Apple Strudel is starting to devour my poor Blue Dream as it is. I just gotta get her a little bit taller. Readings: pH: 6.4 EC: 993 cm TDS: 499 ppm Temp: 66.3° This was after a top off I did with pHed plain water. I have the new mix ready for her, but the temp is pretty low. So I'm leaving it in a warm part of the apartment til tomorrow morning. Then she'll get her water swap. 03/15/2026 Readings: pH: 6.8 EC: 845 cm TDS: 445 ppm Temp: 61.1° I pHed her this morning. Down to 5.8. My pH pen broke or just stopped working even after a battery swap. The temp, EC and TDS are all working fine. Just the pH part. And that's one of the most important parts of the thing. She looks good. Dark green and blueish leaves. I guess this is natural for the blue dream. I guess I should have figured that out just by the name. LMAO Her buds are super small and I don't know what else to do. I have to raise the bucket up and that's the last thing that maybe will work. I just read that lack of oxygen can cause issues that look like nitrogen. So I added another air stone. Maybe that'll work with the small buds. Maybe they'll start swelling again. Who knows at this point. I got like 10 things and I know several of them are not the cause. Right now we are focused on plant height, pH, oxygen of the roots. Lower dose of nutrients for now. However, she started drinking less than eating. So we know it's not really a lockout. I think I said the same thing yesterday. But really I think I need to add more nutes sans the B-52. I only used a little bit, but if she's suffering from nutrients, what I'm doing now should fix it. She's taking in all the nutes she can. 03/16/2026 Readings: pH: broken EC : 987 TDS: 492 Temp: 69.2° After top off with nutes Readings: pH: broken EC: 1044 cm TDS: 519 ppm Temp: 69.6° Welp, she's hungry alright. But today her EC and TDS are higher than the beginning of the week. I'll take another reading in a little while. I have a feeling now that the pH meter stopped working. I can only guess the rest of the probes are accurate as well. But as I said before. I have a new pH meter coming in a few days. 03/17/2026 Readings: pH: 6.27 after pHing down to 5.8 weird. EC: 1060 TDS: 530 Temp: 62.6° It's high today. I think we have a lockout. What do I do? I'm guessing by the color of the leaves, it's still nitrogen. It's also kinda low. But I'm pretty sure the sweet spot for the plant is 550 ppm. Maybe 600 if I can figure out the nitrogen issue. I'm hoping I don't have to do a flush. She's so compact. Her buds still aren't growing there's a lot of trichomes though, so that's good. And I talked to someone today who just finished up his own blue dream. He said it takes a bit longer to get fully mature. I might be harvesting at the same time as the Apple Strudel. She looks good otherwise. I think she might have nitrogen toxicity. I have to compare the pH from today and yesterday. Hopefully it's steady or lower. If the EC and TDS are higher than yesterday, we might have a lockout. I don't think so though. But based on the size of those buds, it could very well be either nitrogen toxicity or just slow growing. All the leaves are dark green. But sheooks so healthy. Praying to the light, but not a ton. Just enough. Hopefully my cousin shows up tonight. I really need help with raising the plant up. I have a riser, but I only have 2 arms. I need to lift the bucket up, move the Apple Strudel aside as far as I can. And slide the riser under it. But I only have 2 hands. I need at least 2 more. Anyway, the environment looks great. Even though it's super dry today. This tent is keeping around 45% and 73°. A little cooler than I would like, but it works. I wonder if the bar lights aren't hot enough to warm up the tent. And they aren't a whole board where the heat can be trapped. That might do the trick. So my pH pen started working suddenly today. I already bought a new one that's way better. So I'll have pinpoint precision. So if the info I got is good, it should be around 9 weeks of flower. Plenty of time for the buds to grow and swell up. I wonder how long the pH has been off because of my pH meter. It seems the TDS, EC and temp work fine, but I bought a really good one from AC Infinity. Replaceable probes and whatnot. Won't be here til next Monday though. Kinda surprising. It's ups ground. They usually don't take that long. Like 4 days. Maybe 3. That are saying it's gonna take 6 days to get here. It'll be early. 03/18/2026 She looks good with the exception of the small buds. But she looks super healthy. She doesn't seem to be hungry. I'll check the water in a bit. Sheay need a top off as well. We'll see. I popped off a few leaves today. A bunch of lowers that weren't getting any light. I also cleared out any new sprouting buds. Readings: pH: 5.80 EC: 1040 cm TDS: 529 ppm Temp: 62.7° Readings After Top Off: pH: 5.93 EC: 1080 cm TDS: 543 ppm Temp: 60.2° 03/19/2026 Readings: pH: 5.95 EC: 1091 cm TDS: 547 ppm Temp: 63.3° Readings after a small top off: pH: 5.83 EC: 1100 cm TDS: 550 ppm Temp: 64° 03/20/2026 Not much to do today. I pulled a few leaves and will check the readings in aittle while. Her buds don't seem to be getting any bigger which has me concerned. I don't know what to look for with not growing buds. Other than the small buds, she's looking great! Good color, strong stems, and a beautiful smell. The environment is alright. The exhaust fan is running a little high, but it's fine. But it's right in range. 74° and 46%. Readings: pH: 5.64 EC: 1145 cm TDS: 573 ppm Temp: 65.6°

Prilyfe13 03/21/2026 Readings: pH: 6.0 EC: 1195 cm TDS: 596 ppm Temp: 64.5° Welcome to week 11! A new week and a new mix. This week will focus mostly on bulking. At least that's what it should be doing. With such tiny buds, I'm not sure what she's doing instead. Tons of trichomes though. So that's good, but I want some bud. Lol. Anyway, she's looking very nice except for the fact that she's all squished. Good color, strong branches, excellent odor. At least I think it is. I really can't tell with both plants inside the one tent. I've said it before. The 3x3 is no good for 2 medium sized plants and only room for 1 when I train them out. I really need a 4x4 for what I'm doing. But I'm growing my first photoperiod next run. So I'm only doing 1 plant. But this is now. Let's talk about the water. Honestly the TDS is a bit lower than I'd hoped for, but it's better to have a little bit less with autoflowers. The EC and Temp check out. The pH is supposed to be around 6.1 from what I've gathered about advanced nutrients. The environment is looking great! For some reason the exhaust fan has been on full blast for the last 2 hours and I have no idea why. 03/22/2026 Readings: pH: 7?! Broken EC: 1219 cm TDS: 609 ppm Temp: 66° She's looking pretty good. Still very small buds and I still don't know why. The EC, TDS and Temp all look fine. A little high, but I'm thinking that's due to the temp. Good color, super frosty, but I'm still very concerned for the size of the buds. I honestly can't tell when she'll be done. This is week 5 I think for her. I should be expecting some fatting up anytime now. What if the pH has been off this whole time and that's what's causing the small buds. But I did read that too much nitrogen can stop bud development. But there's no other signs of stress. And I haven't seen a bit of Nitrogen toxicity. Or there has been and it just didn't get any worse. Or better. I'm not sure. But what I do know is there is some sort of stressful thing happening. It's definitely not light unless lower DLI causes small buds. But I raised her up 3 inches the other day. So lighting should be much better. Kinda wish I had 3 inches more though. Then she'd be level with the Apple Strudel. Then I could turn the light down to 20%, but then I'm losing a ton of light going down. Man, I'm wishing I had some tie downs. I might try to make something that will stick to the lid and work as achors for tie downs. I suppose I could get a bunch of those eyelet screws and screw them just on the inside edge of the lid. That way I can still lift the plant out of the bucket for cleaning. The environment looks good today, but the exhaust fan is running on full speed for no reason. Whatever. As long as it keeps things in order I'm good. 03/23/2026 Readings: pH: 5.88 EC: 1186 cm TDS: 844 ppm ?! Temp: 66.0° Her buds are still small! Stacking has stopped it seems. I'm just hoping for swelling buds before harvest. One good thing is that she is loaded with frost. I probably won't be getting the good yield I was expecting. Oh well. This time I've lived and did not learn. No clue why it's making small buds. I've never seen this happen. Does anyone know how to improve bud production when this happens? I'm definitely stuck. It could be a nutrient lockout, but how? I'm at like 550 ppm. And haven't had nitrogen in over a week. I guess I'll have to just wing it and see what happens. I know I won't kill it, so there's no issues there. Maybe I'll flush it for a day or 2. See if that was the problem. Correction, the 550 was before the 03/24/2026 Readings: pH: 5.78 EC: 1223 cm TDS: 869 ppm Temp: 66.9° I think I'm gonna have to flush. That's a way higher TDS than what I expected. However, it seems the plant doesn't care. I don't know. Maybe it's a problem, and the only issue I see is the small buds. That could have been from the light. I also read that blue dream specifically creates thin long buds. I definitely saw them stretching, but they aren't growing anymore, now. I don't know if there a lockout. Or if it's just the way this strain grows. One thing that I did notice is the pH. It's sitting right where in needs to be. So that's good. And now that I have myself a nice fancy pH pen, I'll get accurate readings. Although, I think I screwed up calibration with the EC. The pH is fine. The environment is pretty good. It's not blasting super heat anymore. So the buckets are at a comfortable temp. 66.9°. Everything is good on that front. Next is the light. I think she might be too far away from the light. 3" just wasn't enough. I think. Maybe another 3" should do it, but like nope. I'm not stacking a bucket full of 4 gallons of water on top of 2 risers. They don't lock in place, so the bucket could very easily slip off the stack or the stack slides and down goes the bucket, plant and 4 gallons of water. Not really sure what to do here. Oh well. I'll figure it out. I need a milk crate or something. Nevermind. I just measured and I have about 3" left to go. I have a small step stool I was gonna use and nope. Too tall. 03/25/2026 I had to lower the light intensity again. The Apple Strudel is too big for the tent and the light was topped out. So I had to lower the power down to 20%. I feel like that's nowhere near bright enough. I might have to add a second riser I really don't want to. What if it slips off. Then I'll have a very unhappy plant and angry person. That angry fellow is this guy that is me. Still I really that's the only thing that isn't right with this plant. Just the light intensity. The thing is, she's still a good sized plant. 30" with colas that go all the way down. Maybe it was the light the whole time that stopped her from bulking up. Too far away. That's really all I can think of. Also I might be right, but I'm thinking she's had a bit of a toxicity of something. I'll take some readings in a bit. We will see what's wrong. I did top off with the same mix, so it should be good. But I may have to flush anyway. If infact she has a lockout, I'll need to flush. So I had to drop the light power to 20%. It's because of the Apple Strudel. The light was way too bright up top. But it wasn't bright enough below it. I'm gonna take measurements now I guess. Lol. Readings after 2 and half gallons of pHed plain water. I had to leave about a gallon in because the roots were blocking the bottom. Let's hope this helps somehow. Readings: pH: 6.18 EC: 621 TDS: 442 Definitely gonna need another flush. At least it's not at 805 or whatever it was. Let's hope this fixes whatever the problem is. The buds are pretty long though, so maybe with the flush, I'll see some movement. Bulking up. Hopefully. But, the buds are super tight, so it might be dense smalls. Not a bad thing considering how very much she is covered in trichomes. It looks awesome. 03/26/2026 Readings: pH: 6.34 EC: 608 TDS: 433 Temp: 71.2 03/27/2026 Readings: pH: 5.89 EC: 598 cm TDS: 425 ppm Temp: 67.3° Readings: after a small top off. pH: 5.91 EC: 630 cm TDS: 443 ppm Temp: 66.6°

Prilyfe13 03/28/2026 Readings: pH: 6.25 EC: 774 cm TDS: 543 ppm Temp: 66.6° Well, she's looking good, but her buds are just not growing like they should be. Maybe a little, but I'm seeing orange pistils all over the place. I'm going to start monitoring the trichomes. It's very amusing looking at the tent opening wide so you can see both plants. One is overtaking the other. They've melded into each other. But it also means bad buds. Lots of popcorn stuff I wished I could have taken off earlier. Alas that is what it is. The environment is pretty good today. Nothing really to note. 03/29/2026 Readings: pH: 5.95 EC: 771 cm TDS: 545 ppm Temp: 67.8° Well, if there were any issues, they are gone now. I just need to increase the strength up to 650ish. She got a quarter gallon top off today. The mix was around 700 ppm so hopefully it helps the TDS and EC increase I'm happy with it. The environment is pretty good. The humidity is having trouble though. Stuck at like 48% when I want it at 40% it'll work itself out. Anyway, she is looking pretty good. Aside from the small buds, she's perfectly healthy. Still don't know why the buds are small. It doesn't make sense. 03/30/2026 Readings: pH: 5.81 EC: 836 cm TDS: 594 ppm Temp: 68.9° Readings are a bit high today. Looks like she's drinking more than eating. It's not much and could be mostly the temp difference, who knows. Either way, I'll be monitoring for anything suspicious. Lol. She doesn't need a top off yet. But she will tomorrow. The environment is pretty good. I was going to put a hydrometer on one of the buckets to see what it's like under the canopy. The one I needed needs a battery. I gotta find it first. Lol. As for the little lady herself, looking great! Showing slight signs of nutrient deficiency. I'm also thinking maybe increasing the dose to help out with those pesky yellow tips. So the plan with this one is to increase the TDS up to 650 maybe 700. But I think 650 would be a good spot to start. Readings after pH: pH: 5.8 EC: 887 cm TDS: 633 ppm Temp: 68.4° 04/01/2026 Readings: pH: 5.38 sigh EC: 900 cm TDS: 635 ppm Temp: 69.1° Readings: After pHing and cooling pH: 6.06 EC: 896 cm TDS: 653 ppm Temp: 64.4° So as we can see the nutrient levels are kind of leveling out. That's good. I read somewhere that Advanced Nutrients need more than 700 ppm to really make them work right. Clearly we aren't there. But I really don't want to mess with anything. 04/02/2026 Readings: pH: 5.67 EC: 929 cm TDS: 660 ppm Temp: 65.5° I forgot to do yesterday's entry. Not much to say about her. She got a small top off and a few leaves plucked. 04/03/2026 Readings: pH: 5.65 EC: 988 cm TDS: 703 ppm Temp: 70.9° I was thinking of pulling the water out and pHing it then add a bit of the bud hardener in. But I'm swapping out the water tomorrow so I might not. I honestly don't think it will matter to wait a day. Another thing to note is the water temp. The canopy is so thick I blocks the heater from heating the top of the tent. But today is different. It rained this morning and it'sike 55° out. My apartment is 74° and the tent is around 76° So I've been putzing around my tent trying to decide what to do next run. And I came to the conclusion that if I wanted to switch to a bigger tent, I can do it with a tent, 6" inline fan and filter. I already have the controller, fans and all the fixins the only thing I do t have is the dehumidifier. Or the light for the 4x4i can get that later. The one I have now is sufficient.

Prilyfe13 04/04/2026 Welcome to week whatever it is... Ah yes. week 13! This week is the beginning of the maturing phase. Like 2 weeks before flush. This one is basically done. She should be ready for harvest in about a week or so. So I'm spending this week with overdrive. Then next week, I'll do the first half with overdrive then switch to flawless finish for the second part of the week. She should be perfectly ready by then. I'm not saying she's not frosty or anything. I won't lie, I checked for mold. Nope just a shit ton of trichomes jumbled together. And she can only get more. I like a good 10% amber so generally there won't be any clear left. I also think this is the size of the buds that we're getting may be fine. They're solid but soft. I think that's in the description. As I've heard, people are wandering over to smalls. Mostly because of the stem size. Or well lack there of. Makes sense. Less branch more buds same weight though. Or something along those lines. We'll have to see how things turn out. The environment is giving me some trouble today. Low 50s for humidity and 73° temp. A bit high and a bit low. It should be fine then. There's also the grow light which practically has zero warms. (I had to leave this typo here. It's hilarious). Readings: pH: 6.51 EC: 1272 TDS: 904 Temp: 68.5 04/05/2026 Readings: pH: 6.62 EC: 1267 cm TDS: 906 ppm Temp: 70.2° Readings After pHing: pH: 6.17 EC: 1312 cm TDS: 920 ppm Temp: 65.5° Well, I got the pH down, but the EC and TDS went up. And the temp dropped as well. I'm not really sure what it all means, but I gather that 70° is entirely too high. And will open and close different nutrients. It could be a lockout, but I'm not seeing any toxicity. The only thing I have seen so far is orange tips throughout the whole plant. Definitely a deficiency of some kind, but I can't pin point it. Hopefully the larger dose of nutrients keeps it away. Other than that, she's coming along quite nicely. No stresses that I can see except the dark leaves. But the leaves have always been this dark. I thought it might be a nitrogen toxicity, but it would t form into clawing at all. Just some dark green growth. I'm sure it's fine. Plus, the leaves haven't shown any stress like that anyway. The environment is happy. Well, for the most part. It's actually a little off. The temp is fine, but the humidity is up to 47%. I have it set to 40%. So that's no good, but I don't think it'll cause any issues. Not with he way I have the fans blowing. Both plants in the tent get plenty of airflow. So I'm definitely not worried about mold or mildew. As it stands, there aren't even touching leaves with moisture trapped. It just kinda went that way. And every time I find one that's moist I snip the offending leaf. 04/06/2026 Readings: pH: 6.00 EC: 1305 cm TDS: 926 ppm Temp: 67.5° No need to pH today. So that's good. The EC and TDS are slightly high, but she seems to be fine. I'll be keeping an eye on her for the next couple days. 04/07/2026 Readings: pH: 5.67 EC: 1334 cm TDS: 953 ppm TEMP: 68.2° 04/08/2026 Readings: pH: 5.38 EC: 1375 cm TDS: 980 ppm Temp: 63.7° huh? What is this?! I gotta drain and pH. After Bucket Readings: pH: 6.25 EC: 1442 cm TDS: 1020 ppm Temp: 67.3° 04/09/2026 Readings: pH: 6.13 EC: 1450 cm TDS: 1030 ppm Temp: 69.3° Hmm. It has a higher EC than yesterday. Same with the TDS. But only slightly. But it seems the issue is the high water temp. I've got an ice bottle in there to cool the water down. However, I am seeing signs of deficiency. Some of the leaves have started getting a lighter green. From the stem to the tips. It could also be senescence. She's just about there anyway, so maybe this is the sign to sit back and let her do the thing. Except maybe pull a gallon to replace it with pHed plain water. That should drop the EC and TDS a bit. The only thing is I can't really do anything else. Just leave the water as it is for the next 7 days and then flush. The environment is looking great! But the heater must have been on for a while this morning, because she's at nearly 70°. Well, she was anyway. Those bottles work pretty fast. As for the plant herself. She looks pretty good. No signs of stress. Unless the lightening leaves is a thing. But I doubt it. She could be done in the next week or so. 04/10/2026 Readings: pH: 5.8 EC: 1488 cm TDS: 1060 ppm Temp: 68.2°

Prilyfe13 04/11/2026 Readings: pH: 5.32 EC: 1500 cm TDS: 1060 ppmb Temp: 63.3° Readings After New mix: pH: 6.62 EC: 1180 cm TDS: 837 ppm Temp: 68° 04/12/2026 Readings: pH: 6.65 EC: 1178 TDS: 840 Temp: 68.0° Readings After pH: pH: 6.17 EC: 1205 cm TDS: 857 ppm Temp: 68.5° Seems to me as though this is good. 04/13/2026 Readings: pH: 5.98 EC: 1185 TDS: 845 ppm Temp: 72° WTF She's coming along nicely. BUT her buds are tiny. Hopefully they pack a punch. Because the whole plant is covered in trichomes. As I said the other day. I'll be running nutritiants for half the week and starting the flush then. The environment has been a bit out of whack today. Because it was raining and got a bit warm. I have my dehumidifier in the tent, but I don't think it'd working very well. The canopy is much too dense. I really gotta put on the big boy pants. 04/14/2026 Readings: pH: 5.51 EC: 1238 cm TDS: 879 ppm Temp: 67.3° 04/15/2026 Readings: pH: 6.66 EC: 401 cm TDS: 285 ppm Temp: 67.8° As you can see, I started the flush today. Flawless Finish by Advanced Nutrients. 7.5 m per gallon yep. I thinks it's kinda high for the plants. Well, it won't matter anyway, she has like 4 days left. Just need a couple days of dark afterwards. During that time I'll be collecting as many leaves as possible. Update! She's done. Just finishing up with some flawless finish for a few days. I'll make sure to touch on that every day. 04/16/2026 Readings: pH: 6.10 EC: 456 cm TDS: 325 ppm still high. I know I didn't get enough water out when I added flawless finish. But I'm guessing it'll be a few days before we start seeing it in action. Hoping for some good colors. Temp: 70° ice bottles in now. 04/17/2026 Readings: pH: 5.68 EC: 443 cm TDS: 313 pom Temp: 69.6°

Prilyfe13 04/18/2026 Readings: pH: 6.08 EC: 521 cm TDS: 372 ppm Temp: 66.7° I think I need to drain and fill. The above readings are after I replaced a gallon with one that was only flawless finish. I'm guessing this little lady has a few more days. I'm going to try to dry them at the same time. Or it might make more sense to stagger the drying over time. Like this blue dream first then the apple strudel. I have a feeling she's gonna take a bit of time to flush. Theres one area up top that's starting to show some fade, well maybe not fade. I know it's a deficiency of some kind. And it only started a few days ago. I wonder how fast it will be. I don't remember getting any color from my last run. But we'll see how it goes. I've also dropped the temp for lights out. Now it's set to 65° and should get some color. 04/19/2026 Oops 04/20/2026. HAPPY 420 DAY! Readings: pH: EC: TDS: Temp: Not much going on today. Also, don't know what happened with yesterday's entry. It kinda just went away. Twice. Hopefully today will be fine. Anyway, I'm thinking she has a lot more nitrogen in her system than I originally thought. I'm not seeing any fading or anything. She's just chugging along. I have videos, but I can't upload them. Too big. Anyway, videos are out now. Well, I could send poor quality videos, but that would be counter productive. If I can find another way to add trichome videos, I will post those once a week... Wait, I'm harvesting in like 4 to 5 days. Maybe earlier if she starts fading really fast. Oh and she's also slowed way down on the drinking. I think. I'll find out tomorrow morning really. Actually, she didn't need need any top off. Just had a pH issue. It's really low and tends to swing that way. I'm starting to thing I have a root issue. But I can't tell. I can see one dark spot on the roots that I can't get to. Maybe that's some sort of issue. But that one ends up out of the water almost immediately. With so many roots, it's hard to tell. Can't lift them now. Too big all around. Rotts are too big, plant is too. Ig and well, the tent just isn't taller enough. The environment is like spot on today. A nice 73° and 47% humidity in the tent. But I had to use the AC to dry out the place. It was at 53% in the lung room until I don't know what happened , but the AC obviously worked wonders. It's at 47% in here now and 66° Readings: after pH pH: 5.80 EC: 536 cm TDS: 378 ppm Temp: 67.8° 04/21/2026 Readings: pH: 5.71 EC: 532 cm TDS: 377 ppm Temp: 64.2° No idea what's going on, but nearly all the branches have fallen over. Especially the front and left wall. Not so bad in the back, but like A whole bunch have just fallen over. Some even super cropped themselves. No clues what is going on there. I'm trying to prop them up with other branches. Not working. I might have to harvest. Little early. Well, no, I think she's basically ready. I was thinking a week from Saturday. Maybe earlier now. Maybe it's a good thing. Light is getting to those lower buds now. 04/22/2026 Readings: pH: 4.8 EC: 551 cm TDS: 388 ppm Temp: 66.0° Fixing pH now. pH: 6.1 EC: 591 cm TDS: 420 ppm Temp: 64.0° 04/23/2026 Readings: pH: 5.85 EC: 583 cm TDS: 405 ppm Temp: 68.2° 04/24/2026 Readings: pH: 5.65 EC: 541 cm TDS: 385 ppm Temp: 66.9° I don't think I'm going to pH today. It's in range and I'm certain with the rest of the flush happening it won't matter. I got a couple plant yoyos up. But honestly, it only worked on 2 branches. Everything else is now broken or bent too much. I think I'm gonna harvest tomorrow. I was going to today, but I have a feeling it's still a little too early. So tomorrow it is, or maybe Sunday. All I know is I have branches on top of branches and it's not good. The plant either needs to stand up straight or get to gettin. I'm thinking I accidentally drowned it for a few hours. I read that it can cause bendy branches and feel moist. Or something like that. Either way, it's doing all the things. So I waited a couple days without topping off. It helped I think. I topped it off today with plain pHed water. 8 don't think those branches are going to fix themselves. So harvesting is the key to prevent mold. I know I mentioned it before, but in the back, the branches are all doin the same thing. And just as bad. I gotta check the trichomes. A bud fell off midway down the plant, so I put it under the microscope. Lots of cloudy, a few clear and zero amber. Not done. Why? Easy, they were nowhere near close to the light. I should have lifted her higher. But I didn't. Update: I think I might have to harvest like tonight. Too many branches have fallen and now the Apple Strudel is pushing and leaning against the Blue Dream. Causing even more difficulty with the light. Also, I definitely need to use the trellis net for next run. That's gonna be a special one specifically requested from FastBuds. I was gonna do the LemonPaya, but I'm doing this one instead.

Prilyfe13 04/24/2026 Well, we had to harvest. Too many branches just falling over. Also, I'd like to add that when I hooked her up in the dry tent, the branch literally squished. Like it was soaked... Damn. I think I know why. I started the flushing process, and all the nutrients were leaking out of her, BUT the water I pulled out today after the chop was brown. Like the nutrients won the battle. Or something like that. I like the battle idea. Anyway, I've got her in the dry tent now. I left everything on her. All leaves to help with keeping her from drying out too fast. 04/25/2026 Day 1 of drying! 61° and 62% The humidifier I have works perfect. It's just a small one to keep some moisture in the air. So I'm thinking about 10 to 14 days of drying. The plant is wet. Someone filled it up like it was a water balloon. Even the stem is wet. Like bleeding water. No idea why. But I noticed it too with Apple Strudel. Water-logged is the best I can explain it. 04/27/2026 Day 3 of drying. Legit nothin to report. Looks good. Temp and humidity are a little bouncy, but it's within range. 04/28/2026 Forgot. 04/29/2026 Got deleted somehow. 04/30/2026 Readings: pH: 5.97 EC: 632 cm TDS: 448 ppm Temp: 66.2° These readings are from after I pHed. I think she's done just needs a couple more days to mull it over. So tonight I'm gonna shut the light off for a few days. Then harvest. Hopefully the lack of water from the roots should speed up the process to get some good colors. I have no idea why my plants are still green. Perhaps I I gave it a little amount of love. Major update: the readings from 4/30/2026 shouldn't have been there at all. She's since been harvested. So I'm thinking I got my strains confused and I was supposed to be the Apple Strudel. Whoops. 05/01/2026 Not much today. The branches have hardened up a bit. But no snap yet. I'm thinking a few more days. The environment is looking really good as well. 65° and 55%. I'd like the humidity a tiny bit higher, but this is fine. There's no bud. It's all branch. Lol Talk about pressing material. Well, there is bud, but it's just the top. Shame that. This next run will be a solo plant. So I can take advantage of the whole space and train her out as far I can. So she fills the tent. Then I won't have space, but a sea of big fat colas. So I'm debating on something. I kinda want to get a 4x4 tent to upgrade my 3x3. The problem is I don't have any of the 4x4 equipment. Like I would need a 6" exhaust and filter kit. As well as a light. There's 2 reasons. Much wider, but also taller. That setup is kinda pricey to be honest. So, I'm thinking just the tent for now, but would that be too big for a 3x3 setup? 05/02/2026 So we aren't totally dry yet. The humidifier ran out of water early this morning and I wasn't awake. It was 41% in the dry tent. Not good. But 63° is decent though. Now it's slowly climbing back up. It should rest around 53% to 56%. Also, I noticed her water consumption is fairly slow. Very little water taken from yesterday. But it's a sure sign she's getting ready to finish flushing herself. 05/03/2026 These buds are tiny. I haven't started trimming yet. But I think it will be in the next day or so. The humidity is now stuck at 51% and I don't know what to do. I already have a humidifier in there and I know you shouldn't do that, but it's a better option to let her sit in 41% humidity. Just sayin. Lol. 05/04/2026 may the 4th be with you! She's getting trimmed today. Super brittle in some parts and good to go in other places. Definitely finishing today. As I said, these buds are tiny. I threw half of them in the trimmings pile for pressing. 05/05/2026 Obviously no water readings today. Now it's all about environment. So here's some. Readings: Temp: 65° RH: 59.8% VPD: 0.84 kPa Not bad. Kinda wished the temp was lower. Like 62°. Low and slow. 178 grams dry trimmed bud. I haven't weighed the trimmings yet. But theres only 2 bags. I'll weigh it later. Anyway, she's getting 4 weeks of curing. I think I messed up the drying time. I mean she has snappy branches, but then there some that look like they do nothing with their snaps? Good God, I'm high. I'm not sure what I'm talking about anymore. There you have it. 05/06/2026 Didn't have enough time to write this day. 05/07/2026 Okie dokie. Yet again I'm really stoned. I swear I only smoke 3 times a day. One single bowl does it. Sometimes I need a second. It depends really on how high I am after the first bowl. I also have disposal THC cartridges. Pretty decent. It takes a bit to get me high, so I mostly use them as primers to make way for the flower. Works pretty good. Makes it so I don't have to smoke a second bowl. That's good in my book. Makes the weed last even longer. On a second note, it stays in the grove bags for storage. I have my last harvest in the grove bags. 3 1/4 pound bags. That was just the smokable buds. I don't think I weighed the press for concentrate. I'll weigh it when I get time to bring mine out. Anyway, she's looking good very full plant. Honestly I should have trimmed her up pretty good for this. It'll be 10 to 14 days. Definitely. These buds look like they're rock hard. So there's a chance to use my bud brush. I have come to the conclusion that I don't really need a bowl trimmer. Definitely don't think my buds are that hard. Maybe when I start my photoperiod plant, the buds will be rock hard. Then I can use my bud brush. See how well that works. I definitely need a better press that actually works for people with weak arms. I'm pretty sure the pressing on the Nugsmasher is easier. 05/10/2026 Day 5 of of curing. I'm taking this one out for 4 weeks. Using grove bags. Perfect for curing. So yup just curing for now. Nothing else to report. 05/11/2026 6 days curing and we are hoping for a really nice cure, so I'm gonna give this one a good 4 to 7 weeks. That should do it. 05/12/2026 Missed it or the post did save right. Either way. It's now the 13th. 05/13/2026 8 days curing so far. I haven't really even looked at them in their bags. Just check for mold every once in a while. Daily I guess. These grove bags are really good. No problems so far. Much better than jars. Keeps the humidity around 59% Temp is a little tricky. The lung room bounces up and down. And I really can't get the temp under 65°. It's in range, so I'm not too worried. But I want it at least 63°. I feel like I'm writing a book. Wait for it, I might bring pirates later on. So stoned. 05/14/2026 Sorry folks, I really thought I did this one. But here's the 15th.